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May 2, 2025
Papyrus Hires Racer
  Papyrus Design Group has signed a deal with top NASCAR driver Bobby Labonte to represent the company as a corporate spokesperson.   Expect to see Labonte representing Papyrus's titles on TV, radio, as well as other promotional media.   The company is releasing the NASCAR Grand National Series Expansion Pack, the NASCAR...
May 2, 2025
N64 Strengthens Rental Grip
  As expected, Final Fantasy VII has fallen to number five in the VSDA's VidTrac video game rental chart for the week ended Oct. 26. After just six weeks in release, the game is set to slip slowly away from the top five, once again returning the domination to the Nintendo...
May 2, 2025
Riven Lands on TV
  Sequels can sometimes be a risky business.   High hopes, big budgets, and serious expectations often create an extended moment of high anxiety for the entire team - from creative to management to marketing.   The solution? Give it your best shot.   Part of Myst sequel Riven's best shot begins Thursday night...
May 2, 2025
Invasion of the Sticker Machines
  The sticker craze has finally migrated to the US in full force. Earlier this week, American Photo Booths Incorporated announced that it has signed an agreement with Toys R Us to place 650 of its Sticker Station machines in stores nationwide.   APBI is the exclusive US patent holder for photo...
May 2, 2025
Riven Patch Explained
  It's been just over 24 hours since Riven: The Sequel to Myst hit retail shelves and already Broderbund has released a patch for various problems discovered in the game - which has been over two years in the making.   On Friday, when GameSpot News talked to Broderbund spokesperson Eric Winkler,...
May 2, 2025
Zelda Gets Final Title
  Nintendo has released a list of the titles that will be shown at the upcoming Nintendo World show in Japan. The list reveals a few name changes in its lineup - most notably the deletion of the 64 suffix that has long been attached to N64 games. Possibly the most...
May 2, 2025
Virgin Abandons Pay-for-Play Model
  A visit to your favorite software retailer and thirty bucks will now buy you one of the most popular Internet gaming experiences and a tangible jewel case.   In the nascent world of the pay-for-play business model, Virgin has decided to abandon the unknown in favor of the tried-and true retail...
May 2, 2025
Microsoft is Coming to Breakfast
  If Microsoft isn't already a household word, it will be now as it infiltrates kitchens across the country.   Partnering with Kellogg's USA, Microsoft promotions will be gracing the packages of 16 Kellogg's cereals, offering special discounts on dozens of software titles and gaming devices.   As if Microsoft really needed the...
May 2, 2025
Bandai Founder Dies
  Naoharu Yamashina, who founded the Bandai Company in 1950, died last Tuesday in Japan. He was 79 and died after an illness that had kept him hospitalized since June. Yamashina started selling toys in Tokyo in 1947. The then-named Bandaiya Company's first product was a beach ball with a bell...
May 2, 2025
FireTeam Start-up Fees
  GameSpot incorrectly identified the start-up fees for the FireTeam online game as US$90. In fact, the fees are $50 and include the headset, CD, player manual, and $40 worth of game-play tokens. ...
May 2, 2025
Two New Critical Depth Diaries
  Once a second-party developer for Sony and now owned by GT Interactive, Singletrac has made such hits for the PlayStation as Jet Moto, WarHawk, Twisted Metal, and Twisted Metal 2: World Tour. Now the company has turned its attention to Critical Depth, an underwater action title with a decidedly twisted...
May 2, 2025
Croc Goes PC
  Fox Interactive stopped by the GS offices the other day with a PC version of Croc: Legend of Gobbos.   Recently released on the Sony PlayStation, the title is a Super Mario 64-like 3D platform game in which the player takes control of a young crocodile who must save his gerbil-like...
May 2, 2025
Intel Price Drops
  Intel announced that its chip prices are being reduced - by as much as 24 percent in some cases. We assume that there may be some new chips under the Christmas tree this year with some of the price drops. Here's a listing of Intel's reductions:   Aug '97 price/ Nov...
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